Category Archives: Caving

A Quick Guide to Surviving Bear Encounters

I had an uncomfortably close encounter with a Grizzly Bear last week and as bear attacks keep popping up in the news some of my friends asked me to share what I know about surviving close encounters with bears. Bear attacks are relatively rare but deadly when they do occur. Just days after I was [...]

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The dying art of natural navigation

I got so engrossed reading the December issue of Outside Magazine at my dentist office last week that I accidentally-on-purpose brought it home with me. One article that caught my interest explored the idea that global positioning tools are eroding our sense of direction and ability to navigate. For example, a 2008 survey by Nokia [...]

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High Country Caving

Every few years, as the opportunity affords, I flee as far as possible into the wilderness of Montana. It’s somewhat anti-social behavior for someone who makes a living off social networking, but like a few fools before me, I harbor a deep yearning to go into the wild. Can you blame me for loving this? In [...]

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